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Strong's G2518 καθεύδω (katheudo)

katheudo - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2518 — chilqiah (“Hillkiah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2518
Language Greek
Linked Usages 49
Books 21

Strong's G2518 Quick Answer

Strong's G2518 καθεύδω (katheudo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katheudo (kath-yoo'-do) v. 1. to lie down to rest 2. (by implication) to fall asleep It has 49 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include asleep, sleep, sleepeth, rest, and sleeping. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
katheudo (kath-yoo'-do) v. 1. to lie down to rest 2. (by implication) to fall asleep
Usage
49 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
asleep, sleep, sleepeth, rest, and sleeping

Meaning and Definition

katheudo (kath-yoo'-do) v. 1. to lie down to rest 2. (by implication) to fall asleep {literally or figuratively} [from G2596 and heudo "to sleep"] KJV: (be a-)sleep Root(s): G2596

Original Word
καθεύδω
Transliteration
katheudo
Derivation
Root: κατά R1: 2596
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2518. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to sleep

Usage: καθεύδω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַב, Gen.28:13, Psa.88:5, al.; also for יָשֵׁן, Sng.5:2, Dan LXX TH Dan.12:2, al.; for יָשַׁב, 1Ki.19:9 ;] to sleep: Mat.8:24 9:24 13:25 25:5 26:46, 43 26:45, Mrk.4:27, 38 5:39 14:37, 40-41, Luk.8:52 22:46, 1Th.5:7. Metaphorical, __(a) of death (as Ps, Da, ll. with): 1Th.5:10 (cf. Mat.9:24, Mrk.5:39, Luk.8:52, and see Swete, Mk., l.with); __(b) of moral and spiritual insensibility: Mrk.13:36, Eph.5:14, 1Th.5:6.† SYN.: (κοιμάω.) (AS)

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How Strong's G2518 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render katheudo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

asleep Matthew 8:24 sleep Mark 4:27 sleepeth Matthew 9:24 rest Matthew 26:45 sleepest Mark 14:37 sleeping Mark 13:36

How Strong's G2518 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2518 (καθεύδω) appears 32 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2518 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2518 in the New Testament

20 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 8:24 KJV

And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

Matthew 9:24 KJV

He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

Matthew 13:25 KJV

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

Strong's G2518 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 28:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord stood upon it, and said, I am the God of thy father Abraham, and the God of Isaac; fear not, the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.

Genesis 39:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And when she talked with Joseph day by day, and he hearkened not to her to sleep with her, so as to be with her,

1 Kingdoms 3:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass at that time that Eli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.

Strong's G2518 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 3:6 Septuagint / Brenton

as to be clothed in purple, to drink in gold, and to sleep upon gold, and a chariot with bridles of gold, and a headtire of fine linen, and a chain about his neck:

1 Esdras 4:11 Septuagint / Brenton

and these keep watch round about him, neither may anyone depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in anything.

Judith 14:14 Septuagint / Brenton

Then went in Bagoas, and knocked at the door of the tent; for he thought that he had slept with Judith.

Usage Excerpts

First 49 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2518.

Genesis 28:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord stood upon it, and said, I am the God of thy father Abraham, and the God of Isaac; fear not, the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
Genesis 39:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when she talked with Joseph day by day, and he hearkened not to her to sleep with her, so as to be with her,
1 Kingdoms 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at that time that Eli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
1 Kingdoms 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the lamp of God was burning before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where was the ark of God.
1 Kingdoms 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
1 Kingdoms 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Eli the second time, and said, Behold here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I called thee not; return, go to sleep.
1 Kingdoms 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, for thy servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.
1 Kingdoms 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And an evil spirit from God was upon Saul, and he was resting in his house, and a spear was in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands.
1 Kingdoms 26:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David arose secretly, and goes into the place where Saul was sleeping, and there was Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul was sleeping in a chariot, and the people had encamped round about him.
1 Kingdoms 26:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So David and Abishai go in among the people by night: and behold, Saul was fast asleep in the chariot, and his spear was stuck in the ground near his head, and Abner and his people slept round about him.
2 Kingdoms 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rechab and Baanah the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Ish-bosheth; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon.
2 Kingdoms 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baanah went privily into the house:
2 Kingdoms 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Ish-bosheth was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they smite him, and slay him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road.
2 Kingdoms 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; and it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
3 Kingdoms 18:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was noon, and Elijah the Tishbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and is to be awakened.
Psalms 87:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
free among the dead, As the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; Whom thou rememberest no more; And they are rejected from thy hand.
Proverbs 3:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.
Proverbs 6:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when thou sleepest let it keep thee; That it may talk with thee when thou wakest.
Song of Solomon 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I sleep, but my heart is awake: The voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, My dove, my perfect one: For my head is filled with dew, And my locks with the drops of the night.
Isaiah 51:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy sons are the perplexed ones, that sleep at the top of every street as a half-boiled beet; they that are full of the anger of the Lord, caused to faint by the Lord God.
Ezekiel 4:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and bread corn; and thou shalt cast them into one earthen vessel, and shalt make them into loaves for thyself; and thou shalt eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days during which thou sleepest on thy side.
Daniel 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.
Amos 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;
Jonah 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonah was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.
Matthew 8:24 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
Matthew 9:24 New Testament, KJV
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
Matthew 13:25 New Testament, KJV
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Matthew 25:5 New Testament, KJV
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Matthew 26:40 New Testament, KJV
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Matthew 26:43 New Testament, KJV
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
Matthew 26:45 New Testament, KJV
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Mark 4:27 New Testament, KJV
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Mark 4:38 New Testament, KJV
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Mark 5:39 New Testament, KJV
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
Mark 13:36 New Testament, KJV
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Mark 14:37 New Testament, KJV
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
Mark 14:40 New Testament, KJV
And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
Mark 14:41 New Testament, KJV
And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Luke 8:52 New Testament, KJV
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
Luke 22:46 New Testament, KJV
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Ephesians 5:14 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 New Testament, KJV
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:7 New Testament, KJV
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1 Thessalonians 5:10 New Testament, KJV
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
1 Esdras 3:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
as to be clothed in purple, to drink in gold, and to sleep upon gold, and a chariot with bridles of gold, and a headtire of fine linen, and a chain about his neck:
1 Esdras 4:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and these keep watch round about him, neither may anyone depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in anything.
Judith 14:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then went in Bagoas, and knocked at the door of the tent; for he thought that he had slept with Judith.
Tobit 8:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So the maid opened the door, and went in, and found them both asleep,
Wisdom of Sirach 22:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, And as he that waketh one from a sound sleep.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2518, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 7 usages, New Testament
Mark 7 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 3 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2518 FAQ

What does katheudo (καθεύδω) mean?

Strong's G2518 is a Greek entry for G2518 καθεύδω (katheudo). katheudo (kath-yoo'-do) v. 1. to lie down to rest 2. (by implication) to fall asleep

How many times is katheudo (καθεύδω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 49 linked usages for Strong's G2518 across 21 books.

Where can I study katheudo (καθεύδω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2518 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate katheudo (καθεύδω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as asleep, sleep, sleepeth, rest, sleeping, and sleepest. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2518 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 24 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2518, with linked reader references where each row is available.